Spike the cat

This is the newest addition to our family, an orange tabby kitten we've named Spike. We got him from the Humane Society; he was a teeny-tiny stray. Molly and Joey were both left at the Humane Society after someone's cat had kittens the owner didn't want. Spike is our first kitty from the mean streets (of Golden Valley?)

At any rate, he breaks our tradition of cats with literary names (Valentine Michael Smith and Molly Bloom) (And Joey is for Joseph Campbell, so not fictional). He's named for Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop, although the Japanese creators of the show always pronounce it "Spike-u". It can also refer to Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but let's keep that between us (my husband does not need to know)!